It might be the algorithms I’m getting (I follow a lot of cooking and some exercise channels) but I’ve never seen a similar obsession about getting enough fiber (something the average person actually undereats.) Is it just less sexy than meat? How important is it nutritionally compared to other things if you’re not an athlete or a vegan or something? Why is a meal that’s “high in protein” often positioned as good and why do you need to “boost” your meals?
Source: https://www.goodrx.com/well-being/diet-nutrition/too-much-protein-health-risks
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There are good reasons to eat more protein. it helps build muscle mass or to maintain a larger muscle mass. It’s more satisfying that processed carbs, and a few other fairly specific reasons. Many people focusing on eating more protein are doing it for one of these reasons. Many are just focusing on it in a more aspirational way, and may actually just be justifying disordered eating.
Dieting culture in the US (as in many other places) is insidious. The average diet in this country is crap, so you have to tailor your diet in many ways to actually maintain a healthy weight. Eating more protein is easy, cheap advice in the US, and is easily justified if you are working out. Most people don’t actually need more.protein, they don’t need to maximize their gains, they don’t need to carefully track their macros. They’d be better served by the simple (but, in practice, very hard to follow) advice of eating less and moving more, and focusing on eating more “whole” foods. But ordering the lettuce wrap at the drivethough is so much easier than making a meal at home with fresh veggies.
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